04/04/2021
Countdown to Easter (End)
MAGDALENE'S EXPERIENCE
The angel said to the women, “Don't be afraid! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was nailed to a cross. Matthew 28:5(CEV)
Mary Magdalene, a woman Jesus delivered from being possessed by seven demons. Luke 8:2, was a disciple of Jesus Christ. She considered herself helpless, worthless and useless without Jesus.
Her life was battered and shattered sometime ago but Jesus came and gave her a brand new life. Once a forgotten, rejected and dejected woman was brought to limelight through the magnanimity of Jesus Christ. She enjoyed sweet communion with Jesus. She felt so happy hanging around with Christ. She helped in sponsoring Christ ministry with all she had. She never complained of giving her all to Jesus. Life without Jesus for her was a nonsensical adventure.
All of a sudden, when she needed Jesus most, Jesus was killed by His enemies. She could have fought the Roman soldiers to keep Jesus alive but she did not have such power. She was at the scene of Christ's crucifixion, watched helplessly as her love was taking away from her.
After the burial of Jesus, she was determined to keep the body of Jesus from decaying. She believed that if she could see the lifeless body of Jesus her lover daily, she would just be okay. She took costly ointments to embalm the body of Jesus and was determined to do this every morning. I could imaging her helplessness as she cleanses the lifeless body of Jesus. What a hopeless moment of her life. She wondered what her life was going to look like in Christ absence.
That early Sunday morning her misery was tripled when she came near the tomb of Christ and found Him not. She cried bitterly that at least they would have left His body for her. She was contented with the lifeless body of Jesus Christ. She wept and kept enquiring about where they have carried His body to. An angel said to her " BE NOT AFRAID, I KNOW YOU ARE LOOKING FOR JESUS" YOUR LOVE IS RISING FROM THE DEAD.
AFTER A WHILE JESUS CALLED HER BY HER NAME "MARY, I AM ALIVE"
When she saw Jesus she grabbed his feet so tightly so that Jesus could not move. She could say in her heart "now that I have seen you I will not let you disappear from me again" JESUS ASSURED HER THAT HE HAS COME TO LIVE WITH HER, LIVE IN HER AND LIVE FOR HER FOREVER.
Are you living a life of hopelessness and helplessness? Rejoice today because your Redeemer is alive. The grave could not hold him. BECAUSE HE LIVES, YOU LIVE.
GLORY TO MY RESURRECTED KING
Thank you for following patiently to these soul edifying Easter updates. Remain blessed.
Pst. Benison